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“The Negro is the key to the whole situation, the pivot upon which the whole rebellion turns…. This war, disguise it as they may, is virtually nothing more or less than perpetual slavery against universal freedom.” Frederick Douglass.

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“I have given the subject of arming the Negro my hearty support. This, with the emancipation of the Negro, is the heaviest blow yet given the Confederacy…. By arming the Negro we have added a powerful ally. They will make good soldiers and taking them from the enemy weakens him in the same proportion they strengthen us.” Ulysses S. Grant

King Cotton Diplomacy support. This, with the emancipation of the Negro, is the heaviest blow yet given the Confederacy…. By arming the Negro we have added a powerful ally. They will make good soldiers and taking them from the enemy weakens him in the same proportion they strengthen us.” Ulysses S. Grant

An attempt to blackmail Britain or France to recognize the Confederacy as a nation

Process support. This, with the emancipation of the Negro, is the heaviest blow yet given the Confederacy…. By arming the Negro we have added a powerful ally. They will make good soldiers and taking them from the enemy weakens him in the same proportion they strengthen us.” Ulysses S. Grant

Create an artificial cotton shortage

Process support. This, with the emancipation of the Negro, is the heaviest blow yet given the Confederacy…. By arming the Negro we have added a powerful ally. They will make good soldiers and taking them from the enemy weakens him in the same proportion they strengthen us.” Ulysses S. Grant

Create an artificial cotton shortage

Leads to higher unemployment in Britain & France

Process support. This, with the emancipation of the Negro, is the heaviest blow yet given the Confederacy…. By arming the Negro we have added a powerful ally. They will make good soldiers and taking them from the enemy weakens him in the same proportion they strengthen us.” Ulysses S. Grant

Create an artificial cotton shortage

Leads to higher unemployment in Britain & France

Unemployment leads to an increase in social problems such as crime, prostitution, etc.

These problems will force Britain and France to recognize the Confederacy and thus resume cotton shipments

Reasons for Failure support. This, with the emancipation of the Negro, is the heaviest blow yet given the Confederacy…. By arming the Negro we have added a powerful ally. They will make good soldiers and taking them from the enemy weakens him in the same proportion they strengthen us.” Ulysses S. Grant

Egyptian cotton was abundant.

British and French crop failures forced them to import Union wheat.

British and French working classes willing to suffer if it meant the end of slavery in the United States.